2012 Belgian Grand Prix: Team-by-team analysis

Monday, September 3, 2012

McLaren’s Jenson Button admits he still only has a very long shot at the 2012 drivers’ crown, but at least he has a shot after his masterful drive at Spa. Romain Grosjean’s turn-one misdemeanour, which eliminated championship leader Fernando Alonso, really mixed up the title fight. If Alonso was the biggest loser, Sebastian Vettel was arguably the biggest winner. The lap-one accident helped lift

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Grosjean handed one-race ban and Maldonado gets ten place grid penalty

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Grosjean is catapulted into the air as he crashes at the first corner at the start of the Belgian Grand PrixLotus’s Romain Grosjean has been given a one-race ban after the stewards at Spa-Francorchamps judged him to be responsible for causing the first-corner accident at the start of Sunday’s 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix.The ban means Grosjean will miss next weekend’s Italian event,

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The Lewis Hamilton 'Twittergate' affair deepened on Sunday

On Saturday (Sep 1st), 'Tweets' posted by the 2008 world champion and featuring the obscenity-acronym 'WTF' suggested Jenson Button had been given a better front wing in qualifying. The Tweets were deleted.Then, ahead of Sunday's Belgian grand prix, the 'Twittergate' affair shifted into a higher gear when Hamilton posted via his social media account an image of a confidential McLaren telemetry

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F1 2012 Championship Standings after Belgian GP

World Drivers' ChampionshipFernando Alonso continues to lead the championship. His lead of 40 points to Mark Webber after the Hungarian Grand Prix has now been reduced to 24 points by Sebastian Vettel - who in turn has jumped teammate Mark Webber to move into second place. Kimi Raikkonen has risen back ahead of Lewis Hamilton, whilst Jenson Button's victory takes him over the century to remain in

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Belgian GP: Button dominates Spa after a first corner carnage

Jenson Button claimed his second win this year and 14th of his career on Sunday when he drove to a comprehensive victory in an incident and accident-packed Belgian Grand Prix.Sebastian Vettel came through to take second from tenth on the grid as he and Button proved that a well-managed one-stop strategy was the fastest way to complete 44 laps of Spa-Francorchamps. Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus

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